Germany 2025 | 116 minutes
Theatrical release nationwide: October 29, 2026
CAST
Linus Moog, Aurel Klug, Annika Kuhl, Oli Bigalke u. v. a.
SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTION
Max Hegewald
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Marius von Felbert, BVK
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Christina Todorova
COSTUME DESIGN
Thora Geißler
MAKE-UP
Simone Simeone
EDITING
Brigitte Maria Schmidle, BFS
MUSIC
Sebastian Schmidt, Vanessa Donelly
SOUND DESIGN
Roman Pogorzelski
MIXING
Frank Bürmann
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Robert Knörk
PRODUCER
Jan Philip Lange
COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Christian Bauer, SR
FUNDING
PRODUCTION
JUNIFILM in Kooperation mit Bremedia Produktion und Zusammenarbeit mit dem Saarländischen Rundfunk
DISTRIBUTION
Salzgeber Medien
wwww.salzgeber.de
WORLD SALES
Outplay Films
www.outplayfilms.com
DISTRIBUTOR USA
Altered Innocence
www.alteredinnocence.net
FESTIVALS
Bremen Film Festival 2026
Hofer Filmtage 2025
Oslo Fusion International Film Festival 2025 (Audience Award)
Emden-Norderney Film Festival 2018 (Screenplay Award Winner)
SYNOPSIS
Trailer here
The sheltered small-town life of Sebastian (16) changes abruptly when his family takes in 15-year-old Kolja, supposedly the son of a recently deceased friend of his father. Alongside his little sister, another teenager now lives with them. * * Although the two boys are strangers at first, they begin to open up to each other more and more, discovering in the process that they are biological brothers. The relationship of trust with their parents shatters, and as Sebastian and Kolja grow closer than they ever would have expected, Sebastian’s life is suddenly turned upside down, having found in his new brother not just a soulmate, but a true, first love. Overwhelmed by their feelings, the two hide their relationship, but when the secret, incestuous affair is exposed, the family breaks away from the social fabric of the small town and comes into conflict with societal norms. Everything that follows is a rollercoaster of emotions.
